Focuses on Mrs Carter's successful career and on her professional partnership with David Belasco. Spanning a period... Læs mere
In 1891, William Dickson, a researcher at Thomas Edison's firm, developed the Kinetograph, a motion picture camera that used Eastman Kodak's new celluloid... Læs mere
From inauspicious beginnings in the kinetoscope parlors and nickelodeons... Læs mere
Examines the mother figure in six works by African American women: Harriet Jacobs' ""Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl"", Pauline Hopkins' ""Contending Forces"", Nella... Læs mere
At age 8, William Roth began to manifest the symptoms of dystonia, a neurological disease characterized by severe movement disorders. And at age... Læs mere
The relationship of Hollywood and television, initially turbulent, has ultimately been profitable from the first sally in what was expected to be a war of... Læs mere
Documents locations used in over 335 motion pictures and 86 television series filmed in Los Angeles and San Diego.... Læs mere
This memoir describes the life of a Women's Army Corp enlistee who would serve in England when it came under attack, France immediately after the invasion, and Germany after VE Day. It provides a glimpse into the life of a woman in uniform during this crucial time in history.
An exhaustive reference volume to the thousands of songs, songwriters and performers in 1,460 American and British films (musical and nonmusical) since the advent of the talkie in 1928.
Offers a theoretical introduction to the portrayal of medievalism in popular film. This work introduces the field of medieval film studies, viewed through the lenses of Lacanian psychoanalysis and the Deleuzian philosophy of the time-image.
This work is a biography of Monte Hellman and an extensive study of his films and films that he has worked on, including ""The Wild Ride"", ""The Intruder"" and ""Ski Troop Attack"". It covers his youth, his development as a stage actor and director and his first big break.